https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-work-with-asian-peers-boost-use-local-currencies-trade-2022-02-16/ Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, economies have seen a number of unprecedented shocks that have rattled what was once thought to be sturdy. Some businesses have simply died from lack of customers, while others have unexpectedly flourished with the shift from working in offices and schools to working from home. In these times, finance and economics have become very tricky,… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/10/us-approves-major-14-billion-arms-sale-to-indonesia With its deals with the United States, France, South Korea, and India, Indonesia is taking strides to expand and buttress both its naval and air power. From the United States, Indonesia has bought 13.9 billion USD worth of F-15 fighter jets and fighter jet equipment. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (nicknamed the Sea Eagle) is an American-made fighter aircraft… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/business-china-asia-myanmar-global-trade-b84087d1ad317f5cb5da9b30bfc53f3c On Feb 1, ‘21 a military coup was held in Myanmar where the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi was swiftly taken over. The response to the attack was non-violent demonstrations at first, though security in the area used deadly force killing over 1,400 civilians. In response to the year-long chaos, through the Chinese U.N. ambassador, Zhang Jun,… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-china-politics-taiwan-uyghurs-33a2c2059fb253091b6772de3895207a During the Olympics when asked about any politics or policies, any Chinese official has stated that they will not be talking about any politics or policies. Though when the organizing committee in Beijing daily news conference was asked on Thursday the polite facade broke a little. When asked the usual questions, a spokeswoman Yan Jiarong stated “that there is… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/congress-antony-blinken-solomon-islands-fiji-new-zealand-05f26eab7372605b69cfe9d4411d739a In order to curb increasing Chinese influence in Asia, the U.S. is committing over 12 million dollars to build an embassy in the Solomon Islands. A US embassy hasn’t been operational in the Solomon Islands since 1993. Three years ago, massive protests were widespread in the nation after the Solomon Islands recognized mainland China over Taiwan…. Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/antony-blinken-japan-north-korea-hawaii-south-korea-c6fd0b26a9337a1b6552e0ad475e106b U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with government officials of South Korea and Japan to discuss their nuclear policies towards North Korea. The government officials present at the meetings state that they were working “very closely” to reach a consensus as to their response to. The meeting comes in context with North Korea launching a… Read more »
On Monday the Foreign Minister of Japan and the appointed successor of the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, the son of Hun Sen, met to talk about the situation in Myanmar. The countries decided that they need to cooperate with each other, due to Cambodia being the chair of the ASAN, in which Hun Sen is in the front seat… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/1/world-accused-of-sitting-and-watching-as-myanmar-slides-to-war In the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, an effort to hold the military coup government accountable for their crimes against civilians and spread awareness about the military’s human rights violations is being made with the aim of eliciting a response from the international community in hopes that one day retribution will come to the dictatorship. Since the military coup… Read more »
Article: “Singapore’s clean energy dilemma is a warning for small nations “ Singapore’s agenda to convert to renewable sources of energy simply doesn’t work for the country, due to a lack of space and resources. Other small nations, such as Hong Kong, Monaco, and Bahrain are facing the same dilemma. Because Singapore can’t generate clean energy from its own resources,… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/business-asia-myanmar-global-trade-southeast-asia-4a97335fd8c22ba8fcf39d4646b224ec Myanmar has declined an invitation from ASEAN to send a nonpolitical representative to its meeting this week, of which Myanmar is a member. Myanmar has recently been struggling to get along with the IGO. After Myanmar imprisoned its former president, ASEAN rescinded the invitation of Myanmar’s new head of government General Min Aung Hliang to last… Read more »
